Greta Thunberg, the Swedish environmental action phenom may get many headlines and four Nobel Peace Prize nominations, but the City of Boise has its own share of environmental warriors and has given them a platform in the city’s Youth Climate Action Council.
Asha Muhingi’s and Jayden Rehwalt’s pasts are dramatically different. Rehwalt was born and raised in Boise. Muhingi was a refugee from Congo, before coming to Boise at the age of 9. But their passion for change and their hopes for treating the planet with greater respect are one-and-the same.